Tres Picos Garnacha

Borsao Bodegas
Borja SPAIN
2007

I had the pleasure of being in Vermont the last few days and I am missing it terribly today, especially as my children and I were the only ones to leave.

Once again, I had to pull myself away from attempting to get things done around the house instead of going away (knowing I most likely would accomplish very little if I stayed - though I am proud of myself for having borrowed a ladder and cleaned the gutters). In addition, I went with car problems and three children in the car, armed with antifreeze and instructions from a mechanic as to what to look for and then do if the car overheated. (Plus I had my Swiss Army knife - don't leave home without it.) The morning of departure I woke up knowing it would be just fine. I went for it. It was a great weekend and now I am somewhat re-charged and happier.

It is amazing to me how a beautiful drive, museum visiting (I find museums so wonderfully quiet and welcoming - the work just beckons to you and then surrounds you), viewing art exhibits (this weekend it was Edward Steichen and Ralph Lieberman), hiking in the mountains, listening to old jazz artists (Ella Fitzgerald and Billie Holiday), reading good books, viewing the mountains every morning with El Salvadoran espresso, and closing the day with wine and cheese and family can stimulate the soul and mind. Surround yourself with beauty and creativity and it can't help but rub off on you, or at least inspire you to strive.













Well, both my mom and my brother were very thoughtful and checked this blog and armed themselves with some of my favored wines. But my brother also brought an enticing new one. The Tres Picos Garnacha was awesome. I absolutely LOVED it. Blackberries and leather and clove and vanilla and plum-like spice, it was very smooth on the tongue. Nice finish. Delicious with unadulterated dark chocolate. The wine brought out the flavor of the chocolate and then the chocolate brought out the flavor of the wine. Highly recommend it, especially for the price. Though not cheap, also not expensive. Great deal for the flavor.
















8.25 out of 10
$16 / 750 ml. bottle
15% alc. by vol.

I leave you with the cleansing view from the porch (and an awesome Mark Twain quote):

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails.
Explore. Dream. Discover.